Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp textileart featuring geometric patterns

featuring geometric patterns

often serving as votive offerings

Tenochtitlán

Small square shaped vent in the throat

this robust tool fragment features a drilled socket at one end

Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp textileart featuring geometric patternsUmayyad Empire, Early Byzantine Period, c. 600800 AD, Holy Land This charming mold made terracotta oil lamp is a good example of the functional yet artistically significant lighting devices used throughout the Holy Land in antiquity. Featuring a pointed oval body, a prominent conical handle, and a large central filling hole (discus) framed by a pronounced rim, this lamp embodies the transitional artistic styles of the Early Byzantine and Umayyad